Metropolitan Museum of Art Self-Guided Audio Tour

What's included?

Downloadable multimedia audio tour on the WeGoTrip app

Detailed route with step-by-step navigation through museum halls

Recommendation for the cafe to enjoy a cup of coffee – a local's favorite

Exclusions:

Admission ticket to the museum ($30 for adults)

Free museum map ("Hello" map) – pick it up in the Great Hall

Personal guide – you will get the tour on the mobile app

Earphones. Take your own to use with WeGoTrip mobile app

Please note:

Public transportation nearby

Wheelchair accessible

Cancellation policy:

• Bookings are fully refundable up to the time of the event.

More information:

Experience type - Multi day tour

Booking in advance - Can be booked until last minute

Duration - 2 h, 30 min

Difficulty - Easy

Categories - Day trips and excursions Family friendly Outdoor Youth

Live tour guide - English

Meeting points - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1000 5th Ave, 10028 New York County New York, US

Description:

Welcome to the legendary Metropolitan Museum of Art, or the Met, New York City's and the world's major art museum! The tremendous collection comprises different epochs and forms, while this tour illuminates the most glaring masterpieces.

The Met turned 150 in 2020 and continues to diversify its collection by featuring those so far underrepresented: women, artists of color, and the LGBT community. You will also browse the exhibition in the speculative Afrofuturist Period Room opened in 2021.

The tour begins at the Egyptian Art galleries as the museum's primary draw is the world's largest collection of Egyptian treasures. Here, the iconic Temple of Dendur will mesmerize you with its grandeur and interior.

Next, you will get an insight into medieval life and imagination from the Met's richest collection of Medieval and Byzantine art outside of Europe.

Then, you will refocus on impressionists to see Van Gogh's "Wheat Field with Cypresses" painting, which he regarded as one of his best summer landscapes. Other famed canvases you will muse upon are by masters like Monet, Picasso, and Klimt.

Walking further, you will take in Rodin's deeply emotional and unsettling marble creations by contemplating 'The Tempest' sculpture.

After the art-looking, you will stroll a block down Fifth Avenue to discover the Met-related trivia of the adjacent Upper East Side.

Join this tour and embrace the one-of-a-kind art collection that spans over 5000 years and the entire world!